Use of the serratus anterior fascia flap for expander coverage in breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1057-1064

  Saint Cyr, Michel ^a   Dauwe, Phillip ^a   Wong, Corrine ^a   Thakar, Hema ^a   Nagarkar, Purushottam ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTATION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 77951036869     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d17f61     Document Type: Article

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